MARKETS & TRENDS

Motor insurance lines, such as MTPL and Motor Hull, remain the most popular retail insurance products in Kazakhstan. Thus, in the first half of 2016 the market share of motor insurance in the total GWP totaled 17.3% and 19% in 2015.

Solvency II has always been seen by many as the Area 51 of the insurance world - mainly due to its technical nature - journalists and other stakeholders alike. It has something almost mystical about it... you know it's something - but you don't always get it! However, this article is not about Solvency II per se. It is about the coming of age of the consumer landscape. And it is about the future. It is about how consumers truly became stakeholders and why they need to be involved in writing good regulation more and more.

As negotiations for the 2017 reinsurance contracts begin in Monte Carlo, business conditions for the global reinsurance industry remain weak. S&P Global Ratings expects prices to continue declining in the absence of a very large loss. The soft cycle is proving to be deeper and longer than many market participants anticipated in 2013, with falling premiums increased competition putting pressure on reinsurers' top and bottom lines.

As mentioned in one of the recent industry articles:
"While in recent years the main priority for investors was finding
yield, last year the focus turned to preserving capital. One asset class
that promises to deliver both good income and decorrelation from the
wider financial markets is insurance-linked securities (ILS)".

The mutual insurance sector has undergone a modest recovery in recent years, says Swiss Re's latest sigma report "Mutual insurance in the 21st century: back to the future?" Mutual insurers' share of the overall insurance market increased from 24% of direct premiums written in 2007 to just over 26% in 2014, reversing some of the declines of previous decades.

Heraclitus quoted in nearly in 500 BC, "There is nothing permanent except change". Or in other words, "Everything changes and nothing stands still". In other words, Plato said "You could not step twice into the same river". From time to time, history have proved that the statement of these wise men true.

Following the United Kingdom's (U.K.) referendum decision to leave the European Union ("Brexit"), S&P Global Ratings said on June 24th that it would be reviewing the ratings potentially affected by the referendum result. Despite the "leave" vote, any exit will likely be a drawn-out process while treaties or other arrangements are negotiated between the U.K. and the EU regarding their future dealings.

Global insurance premiums grew by 3.8% in real terms in 2015, amidst variations in regional growth rates, Swiss Re's latest sigma report says. The overall performance was steady after a 3.5%-gain in direct insurance premiums written in 2014, and coming in an environment of just moderate (2.5%) global economic growth, the latter a key driver of insurance demand. There was a slight slowdown in the life sector in 2015, with global premium growth dipping to 4.0% from 4.3%, due to weaker performance in the advanced markets. On the non-life side, strong growth in the advanced markets of Asia, and improvement in North America and Western Europe, contributed to a 3.6% increase in global premiums, up from 2.4% growth in 2014.

The whole civilization process started because men started cultivating. Foundation of society was formed as they started living at one place for carrying out agriculture activities, for survival. There are various theories of agriculture and how it started, however the conclusion is, agriculture gave birth to the formation of society as people started living together in primitive stage. In terms of profession, agriculture would be considered as oldest profession, or an employment sector where people are involved.

We discussed in last two write up about the concept of insurance and
welfare insurance. We discuss the purpose of insurance where we claimed
that it has to reach to the last man in society, this is something going
beyond the traditional thinking, it is an out of box thinking. It will
not go against the concept of profit and loss.